Could you imagine having to wait nearly 100 years to win a right you strongly believed in. Well women in the 1800s-1900s could imagine‚ they were denied access to vote even after they protested and fought for their right. Women demanded to be seen as full citizens of the United States. Even though women had to wait quite some time to get these rights‚ they still changed the course of history. I know it changed the course of history because it’s 2016 and women can vote. Sojourner Truth strongly believed
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Established in Louisiana during 1874‚ the White League believed strongly in white supremacy and a Democratic government. White supremacy is the concept that the white race is strongly superior to all other races especially Blacks. During the 1800s white supremacy was a common belief among slaveholders and in the southern region of the United States of America. The White League along with other groups that terrorized African-Americans based many of their beliefs and actions on the concept of white
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Disability Rights In the 1800s disabled people were considered meager‚ tragic‚ pitiful people unfit and unable to be in society except for entertainment. They assumed that they were simple minded and abnormal tons of people went under sterilization. Most disabled people were admitted to institution and asylums where many spent their whole lives. Separating the disable with the able was considered merciful actions‚ but it just served as a way to keep disabled people hidden‚ invisible‚ and out of site
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Women had it difficult from the middle of the 1800s to early 1900s. There was a difference of the treatment compared of the woman to the men. Women barely had any rights compared to now. Women were not even allowed to vote until August 18th‚ 1920. They were also not even allowed to attend universities to study things as a career of jobs such as law‚ nursing‚ and many more. There were not any chances of women getting an education back then‚ because no college or university would accept a female. Some
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"economic oppor-tunity and political freedom‚ [they were also relying] upon the labor African slaves working land taken from Native Americans." (Ewing‚ 2012) Between 1820 and 1930‚ 60% of the world’s immigrants migrated to the United States. In the late 1800s the majority of immigrants came from Italy‚ Poland‚ Russia and elsewhere from south-eastern or eastern Europe. Because of America’s midst position of first agricultural‚ then industrial expansion‚ the de-mand for cheap labor was immense. The enormous
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1) Read either the Report on Child Labor or Factory Rules and briefly explain/outline a day in the life of a factory worker in the early 1800s and the challenges they faced The majority of factory workers in the 1800’s lived in dismal conditions‚ tight quarters unfit for living. Regardless‚ work always began at “6a.m. precisely and ends after the usual break of half an hour for breakfast‚ an hour for dinner‚ and half an hour for tea at 7p.m. and it shall be strictly observed” (Perry‚ 2014. p. 147)
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Pretend for a moment that humans of the present era are horses of the mid- to late 1800s. Horses are prideful‚ strong‚ and majestic creatures that have very few predators lurking over them. Horses have worked hard at their jobs for a long time. They pull heavy carts‚ race for entertainment‚ and make long journeys with ease‚ all for the sake of three square meals a day and an early retirement. The end of the 19th century comes near and horses are starting to see changes happening all around them.
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In the late 1800s Boston’s population was around 177‚840. In 1860 on October 18‚ Edward VII of the United Kingdom visited Boston‚ Young’s Hotel started for business‚ the Public Garden and Gibson House were built‚ and the Old Feather Store was demolished. There were limited asylums scattered around Boston in the early 1800s. Asylums in the 1800s were merely nothing but stables for the mentally ill. Before the farm building were
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In the 1800s people with mental illness were thought to be insane. Patients were placed inside institutes similar to a prison they were beaten and abused as a way of trying to cure them. Some families would try and take care of their ill family member(s) to avoid treatment at an institution. Though workers of the institute had tried to keep the ways of treatment secretive; many people did not know of the treatment in Mental institutes and had been curious about what it was like for those inside of
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Progressivism was an era in the late 1800’s in which many reforms were made to industry‚ living conditions‚ and politics. This movement gained momentum due in a large part to populism and the Populist Party. This party was among the first‚ to actively speak out and make attempts at reform. The Omaha Platform was the very beginning of reformation. If it hadn’t been for this party‚ it can be assumed that there would not be as many regulations and freedoms as there are today. The first attempt at
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